Adding lines to multiple Notes.ini files - powershell

Question

I have a PowerShell script that I want to run to add two lines 'IM_DISABLED' & 'IM_NO_SETUP=1' to the end of each INI file.
I want to run it against a folder H:\test which has subfolders each containing a file notes.ini.
I have the following PowerShell which works using -replace. However, I'm unable to use replace and need to just append two new lines to the end of each INI.
$places = 'h:\test'
$places | Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include Notes.ini | ForEach-Object {
(Get-Content $_) -replace 'KitType=1', "`nKitType=1`r`nIM_DISABLED=1`r`nIM_NO_SETUP=1" |
Set-Content $_
'Processed: {0}' -f $_.FullName
}

Answer 1

If you have PowerShell v3 or newer you can simply use Add-Content:
$places = 'h:\test'
$lines = 'IM_DISABLED', 'IM_NO_SETUP=1'
Get-ChildItem $places -Recurse -Include Notes.ini | ForEach-Object {
Add-Content $_.FullName -Value $lines
'Processed: {0}' -f $_.FullName
}
On earlier versions you can use Out-File with the parameter -Append. Note that you also need to define the encoding if the file isn't Unicode-encoded.
$places = 'h:\test'
$lines = 'IM_DISABLED', 'IM_NO_SETUP=1'
Get-ChildItem $places -Recurse -Include Notes.ini | ForEach-Object {
Out-File $_.FullName -InputObject $lines -Append -Encoding Ascii
'Processed: {0}' -f $_.FullName
}
Another option is to make an array of Get-Content output and the lines you want to add and write that back to the file with Set-Content:
$places = 'h:\test'
Get-ChildItem $places -Recurse -Include Notes.ini | ForEach-Object {
$f = $_.FullName
(Get-Content $f), 'IM_DISABLED', 'IM_NO_SETUP=1' | Set-Content $f
'Processed: {0}' -f $f
}